Resources for Professionals - Adult Support and Protection

National Information

Legislation and Government Guidance

Adult Support and Protection

• Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007 (legislation.gov.uk)
• Adult Support and Protection revised Code of Practice - gov.scot (www.gov.scot) - July 2022
• National Guidance for APCs - July 2022
• National Guidance for APCs - Undertaking Learning Reviews - May 2022
• National Guidance for GPs and staff in General Practice - July 2022
• Scottish Government ASP webpages Social care: Adult support and protection - gov.scot (www.gov.scot)
• Communication and Assessing Capacity - A guide for social work and health care staff
• Triennial review of initial case reviews and significant case reviews for adults (2019-2022)

Related Topics

• Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004
• Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007
• Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015 (legislation.gov.uk)
• Scottish Government Human Trafficking and Exploitation Strategy
• UK Government Prevent Multi Agency Panel Duty Guidance: Protection people vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism

Other National Guidance

Office of the Public Guardian (OPG)

• OPG Guide to Investigations - Information for practitioners undertaking investigations involving Office of the Public Guardian

Care Inspectorate

• Care Inspectorate Practice Guide to Chronologies

Mental Welfare Commission (MWC)

• MWC Supported Decision-making good practice guide 2021
• MWC Consenting Adults - Guidance for professionals and carers when considering rights and risks in sexual relationships involving people with a mental disorder
• MWC Rights, Risks & Limits to Freedom - Principles and good practice guidance for practitioners considering restraint in residential care settings
• MWC - Alcohol-related Brain Damage
• MWC Missed Opportunities - Findings from visits to people with Acquired Brain Injury and Alcohol-related Brain Damage
• MWC Powers of Attorney and their Safeguards
• MWC Advice Note: Can a power of attorney authorise significant restrictions of liberty?
• MWC Advice Note: Hidden Surveillance
• MWC Advice Note: Adults with Incapacity - Sexual Relationships and the Criminal Law
• MWC - Decisions about Technology

Adult Participation - Communication Resources

• Royal Society of Speech and Language Therapists principles, standards and practical guidance for ensuring that an  individual is enabled to understand and communicate effectively
• Office for Disability guidance around accessible communication formats
• Makaton - use of speech with signs (gestures) and symbols (pictures) to help people communicate.

Other

• Link to the National Adult Support and Protection Practitioners' Website
• Research in Practice: Importance of Professional Curiosity in safeguarding adults
• NHS Education for Scotland video: Opening Doors - Trauma Informed Practice for the Workforce
• Friends Against Scams Online Learning
• Act against Harm

The Herbert Protocol

The Herbert Protocol helps Police in their search for missing vulnerable people. Download the flyer and form below for more information.

The Herbert Protocol - What is it? How does it work? (PDF) [221KB] (opens new window)

Download the Herbert Protocol Form 2021 (Word doc) [94KB]

Download the Herbert Protocol Poster 2021 (PDF) [98KB]

Download the Herbert Protocol Easy Read Form 2021 (PDF) [335KB]

 Purple Alert

Download - Purple Alert - Herbert Protocol 2021 (PDF) [9MB]

Download - Purple Alert New App Features_LR (PDF) [1MB]

Local Information

What is Adult Support and Protection? Leaflet

What is Adult Support and Protection? (PDF) [138KB]

Reporting an Adult Concern to Social Work

(For Agencies and Providers)

Information for Providers on reporting concerns about an adult AP1 (PDF) [935KB]

Download AP1 Form (Word doc) [34KB]

Are you concerned about a loved one's drug or alcohol use? 

Download the BeingThere posters: ASP-BeingTherePosters2020 (PDF) [246KB]

How to Access Level 1 ASP eLearning Course (PDF) [200KB]

D&G Advocacy Service

Download - DG Advocacy Service - About Us Booklet (PDF) [1MB]         Download - DG Advocacy Service - Delivering Advocacy (PDF) [1MB]

Adult Support and Protection Resource Library - Enquiries and Reports

Learning from Case Reviews

Download - Case Study - Miss A - North Lanark SCR (PDF) [221KB]

Download - Case Study - Sharon Greenop SCR (PDF) [306KB]

Download - Mental Welfare Commission Scotland - Best of Intentions Report (PDF) [83KB]

Download - Serious Case Review - Glasgow APC - Ellen Ash - February 2016 (PDF) [162KB]

IRISS - Writing Analysis in Social Care

A practical framework for supporting the writing of analysis in social care records.

Download - Writing Analysis in Social Care (PDF) [935KB]

What is a Mental Health Officer?

What's a MHO and what they do:

Download - What Is A Mental Health Officer (PDF) [265KB]

Information Sharing 

Information Sharing Letter (PDF) [310KB]

Social Work Policy and Procedure - Adult Support and Protection Procedures

Adult Support and Protection Procedures (PDF) [465KB]

VIDEO: Inability to Safeguard - Exploring Decision Making of Individuals and Professionals

Click HERE to watch the video.

Corona Virus: Safeguarding Adults in Challenging Circumstances

Download important information on protecting vulnerable adults. Click on the link below:

Corona Virus Safeguarding Adults - Download (PDF) [214KB] (opens new window)

Modern Slavery

Modern Slavery cuts across all Public Protection strands: i.e. Adult Support and Protection, Child Protection and Violence Against Women and Girls. 

Download the Tackling Modern Slavery Guide (PDF) [749KB] (opens new window)

Click here to read more about Human Trafficking.

Self-neglect and Hoarding plus Other Useful Downloads

• Download - Self Neglect and Hoarding Protocol (PDF) [4MB]
• Download - Self Neglect and Hoarding Protocol - 7 Minute Briefing (PDF) [105KB]
• Download the Self Neglect and Hoarding Event Briefing May 2019 (PDF) [889KB] (opens new window)
• Download the D&G Financial Harm Strategy (PDF) [2MB] (opens new window)
• West of Scotland Inter-Agency ASP Practice Guidance 2019 (PDF) [1MB] (opens new window)
• Easy Read - Adults at Risk (PDF) [458KB]
• Easy Read - What are my Rights (PDF) [900KB]
• Easy Read - Case Conference (PDF) [1MB]
• Download - Marriage and ASP - Paul Comley (PDF) [949KB]
• Easy Read - Financial Harm - Keeping Your Money Safe (PDF) [738KB]
• 7MB Neglect Self neglect (PDF) [118KB]

Video: Compulsive Hoarding Dr Fionnuala Edgar 

Video: Seen something? Say something

Reports

• Download the Adult Support and Protection Biennial Report (PDF) [2MB] (opens new window)

Other

7-Minute Briefing: Multi Agency Chronologies Guidance (PDF) [100KB]

ASP Health Responsibilities 7-Minute Briefing - D&G NHS (PDF) [150KB]

ASP Case Conferences 7-Minute Briefing - D&G NHS (PDF) [152KB]

Missing Person Protocol - 7MB (PDF) [629KB]

Hourglass

Take the OATH | Hourglass (wearehourglass.org)

Multi-agency adult support and protection conferences (case conferences)